Originally Posted by
IBJoel
I agree with you all that it's pretty annoying
But at the same time, don't we just... remember what we just read?
If it's just one thread, yes. Now repeat the process for several other threads. Some of them may have multiple pages of new posts, which may take several minutes to read. And sometimes there are similar threads discussing similar benefits across programs or a thread for a co-branded card may have a related thread in both the credit card forum and the hotel/airline forum. Now use the back button to go back to the summary page -- do you still remember all of this in your head?
Having said that...
Originally Posted by
IBJoel
And if not, there is always the manual refresh button
... this is an easy workaround, yes.
BTW similar reasoning applies to the annoyance that mobile skin no longer (for years now, I realize, but I know it was commented upon at the time when it changed) shows the current thread title. And it's easy to say "well don't you remember what thread you just clicked on?" Not always, see above
plus on longer threads the software takes a long time to load the page and with ADHD brain it's easy to forget "wait which of several similar threads am I reading"